EP. 09 — Your Children's Health Abroad: Paediatric Care, Growth Charts, and What Gets Lost Between Systems

Children's healthcare abroad catches expat parents off guard more than almost anything else. Adults can advocate for themselves. Children need someone to do it for them — in a system the parent is also still finding their feet in.In this episode, James and Claire cover how paediatric care is structured differently across countries (dedicated paediatrician versus GP-led, the German Gelbes Heft versus the UK red book), why growth charts don't transfer cleanly between systems and what to bring instead, what school entry health checks actually require and why you need to research this before you arrive, and how to prepare a portable health record for a child with ongoing needs — allergies, asthma, ADHD — that any doctor anywhere can understand.Brought to you by PRIVAWELL — build a complete, portable health record for your children at privawell.net